Under his watch the Australians have won two Ashes series at home and lost two on English soil, while also winning the 2015 World Cup. Lehmann has also overseen a 2-1 series victory in South Africa.

His legacy still has plenty of chapters to play out, but the team’s performance in India earlier this year was cause for encouragement, while Steve Smith’s progression to the world’s best batsman has coincided with Nathan Lyon’s rapid improvement.

The former Aussie captain said English skipper Joe Root seemed 'like a little boy' when asked tough questions.

Ironically, Lyon was dropped for Lehmann’s first Test in charge but reinstated shortly after and has not looked back since.

It’s not clear whether Lehmann will officially finish up at the end of 2019 or after the Ashes series, but the latter appears more likely given it would allow his successor to prepare for a home summer of cricket.

"For me, I’ve really enjoyed the role and loving it," he said.

"We’ll just get to that point and work out what we do from there."

Justin Langer has long been held in high regard by Cricket Australia and has an outstanding record at Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers, while David Saker could also be in the mix once Lehmann’s hangs up the laptop.

Both have coached Australia at separate times, with Langer taking the reigns for Australia’s limited overs tri-series against the West Indies and South Africa in June, 2016.

Saker filled in for September’s one-day and T20 tour to India and has also been England’s fast bowling coach and currently holds that position in the Australian setup.

Lehmann previously coached Queensland, Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers in the IPL. He was close to winning the New Zealand top job in late 2009 and was reportedly interested in the England position after Peter Moores was sacked.

The 47-year-old averaged 44.95 across 27 Tests and made more than 26,000 first-class runs. He hit the winning runs in the 1999 World Cup final and took the winning catch in the 2003 edition.

His son Jake is carving out a solid first-class career for South Australia and was floated as a potential No.6 bolter pre-Ashes.